------ .. ~-------...~ r . I ~ 3l!o He is a/~ogether lowb·· . _._. ISaa.XVH fence of good caufes (but are tongue-tted and cold in,their affections) where is their love~ I · put any worldly man to aworldly theame th3t 1 he is exercifed in, 'and fpeaks of daily, he bath I wit and words at will, bur pm him to a theame I ofpiety, you Iofe him, he is our of his th (:' am~, I and out ofhis element. But tis not fo with rhofe I I i i i f \ I I 4· . Tme lo,;e t4 .mvcr at refl till we fi n,i 1 C hrijl. I that have ever ftlt the love of God in Chrilt, I they have large aflettions : How full is Saint I PaHl, he cannm fpe~1ke of Chrill but he is in / theheight, bredth)tngtb, and depthof the love of 1 .of God in Chrit1, and the knowledge of God above all knowledge : Thus we may difcernc the truth of our love by the expreffions of it here,as in the Church. · Againe, th~ Church here is never content till {he find Chrifr, whatfocver ibe had, no1 thing contents her, lhe wanted ller beloved, as we fee here, {he goes up and downe inquifitive after him tilllhe find him : fo it is with J Chri– Hiar,ifhe have Iofi(by ois owne faulc)his former .con-:rnunion wirh Chdr, he will not relt nor be (;tidied, but fearchetb here and there in the ufc \ ' .of this ar.d that meanes} hee runs through aH I I Gods Ordinarces and means till he find Chrifi, nothing in the world will content him, neither 1 Ih01~our, riches, p~ace, or friends, till he ~nd thpt 1 -That co~tent- which heonce enJoyed, but hath now for a fea– i ment -withcut fon loft ,tbe comfort andaffurance of Gods love \Heaven; fwret • c· I •fl. ;-repart of com .' m 1rltr. ' \ ~ortrothe(rmte' Now if we can fit downe with mherthings, l .uad~a?gero!" land can want Chrifl: and the affuranceoffalva. 1 con lfton, · • I tlOO,. -----~-----------------··----
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